Power Quotes
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I will tell you where there is power: where the dew lies upon the hills, and the rain has moistened the roots of the various plant; where the sunshine pours steadily; where the brook runs babbling along, there is a beneficent power.
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Privatization radically alters power relations in our society by weakening groups like public employees and public school teachers.
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If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.
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Power people wear power like a coat of arms. If can't sense them on the spot you don't know what power is.
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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.
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I am of the opinion that the main and final cause why the prince pretends to the power of altering the coinage is the profit or gain which he can get from it.
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Mystics knew how to channel grace through prayer and they knew the power of that. They knew how to receive guidance through reflection and contemplation; they knew how to share the gift of illumination with each other. These are great gifts of life and profound grace that we are capable of providing for each other and the world. This is what it means to be a mystic without a monastery. You make a commitment to your own interior illumination and through that discover the "sacred" part of your "contract" and the true meaning of your highest potential.
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I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
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A broken heart is a reminder of our only source of power.
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I do think the biggest problem newspapers have is loss of trust, and I feel that's a result of failure to speak truth to power.
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Every corporation worth its salt is throwing money at Deep Web research, not least Google. The company that unlocks the mysteries of the Deep Web will obtain power of an enormous magnitude.
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I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax.
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The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.
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France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.
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The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
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Do not doubt a woman's power to aid; no toil Can daunt a pure affection.
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Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.
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It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that.
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The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
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Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.
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The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.
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The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.
